BAUCHI DEPUTY GOVERNOR INAUGURATES STATE COUNCIL ON HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT
By Muslim Lawal:
The Bauchi State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Mohammed Auwal Jatau says the state is very pleased to be part of the Human Capital Development (HCD) initiative aimed at unlocking the huge human capital potentials of the state to achieve the desired results in human resources.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the State Council on the Phase Two of the program held at the conference hall of his office, he noted that keying into the initiative would assist in providing equitable access to affordable and quality health care services, promote quality, inclusive and functional education system as well as empower youth to have the capacity and skills to create employment.
He recalled that, the state had benefited under the Phase One of the HCD Program in the last three years and expressed confidence that the new council will work with a renewed approach and strategic innovations to harness the full potentials of the state on human resource.
According to him, the administration of Governor Bala Mohammed is working assiduously to ensure the implementation of robust socio-economic policies that hinge on building sound infrastructural facilities to stimulate economic activities for sustained growth, aimed at addressing the growing population in the state.
To this end, the Deputy Governor who is the chairman of the council, said the administration will consolidate on its strategies to improve performance for more diversification of the state’s economy towards the non-oil sector as the state economy has been integrated into the national arena with the primary objective of ensuring strategic alliance and partnership to deliver social services to the citizens.
He pointed out that it would be achieved through the repositioning of the State human capital resources for improved capital formation, employment creation, increasing income and its redistribution for enhancing broader economic prosperity.
“We will focus on building strong partnership with the private sector human capital outlay through engagement of the academia to redefine our status position and chart new course of plausible actions that are specific, measurable, and attainable with clear Time-line.
“As a State, we will look into building strong alliance with tertiary educational institutions in training of our human capital resource based on our development needs and the demand of the organized private sector. In this connection, we will assign attainable targets to our labour producing institutions with robust Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). That process could set the stage for the capacity development of the required human resource for our local economy and channel the excess supply for export.
“Our doors are wide open for stronger partnership and collaboration with relevant stakeholders in the pursuit of this great innovation to leverage additional funding opportunities towards taking the State to a greater height. To ensure the realization of the above intention, our government has put in place the necessary machinery to promote the engagement with the private sector operators under the State Ease of Doing Business development strategy.”
Auwal Jatau therefore tasked the council members to assist in turning around the good fortunes of the state human capital resources for advancing state’s agenda for increased economic and social transformation and appreciated of the Federal Government for initiating the Human Capital Development Program with funding from ECOWAS Commission.
Responding on behalf of members of the council, the Head of Civil Service who is the State Focal Officer for HCD Program, Yahuza Adamu assured of their readiness to work tirelessly to enable the state benefit maximally from the program thereby reducing gaps and challenges in critical sectors of the state’s economy.
